XAU/USD AI Live Scan, 1-hour chart, Sunday, 20 September 2026
Every read JAFX AI made on the XAU/USD 1-hour chart that day, newest first: trend, structure, the levels it marked and what it said to watch.
23:07 UTC
Uptrend, momentum flattening near week high · RSI 54 · price 4,374.07
Higher lows since the post-FOMC low, capped under 4400.
Gold has rebuilt the entire post-FOMC slide this week: the 4235 spike low was reclaimed through Thursday and into Friday as Treasury yields eased off 5% and the crude rally cooled, with the NY session printing a 4399.5 week high. Two pushes into that week high were rejected and the pullback held the 4342.7 friday low, helped by the soft US industrial production print keeping the Dollar capped. The Sunday reopen gapped only marginally lower and price is coiled a few dollars above the ema20 near 4371, RSI(14) mid-range at 54.
Support: 4,370.80, 4,342.70, 4,320.00
Resistance: 4,399.50, 4,422.00
What it said to watch
An H1 close above the 4399.5 week high opens the path to the 4422 next gate
Failure to hold the 4342.7 friday low breaks the higher-low sequence and brings the 4320 wed base back into view
Loss of the ema20 near 4371 on a closing basis would flatten the intraweek uptrend read
Fed's Goolsbee Mon 10:30 UTC and S&P Global US PMIs Wed 13:45 UTC could materially shift this structure
Higher highs and higher lows since Wednesday's low, capped by the 4400 area.
Gold has run from Wednesday's post-FOMC low at 4235 to a week high at 4399.53, with the Thursday and Friday NY sessions doing most of the work as Treasury yields backed off 5% and the crude rally cooled. Price sits above EMA(20) near 4370.80 and the dips into Friday's low at 4342.73 were absorbed, but two approaches to the 4400 handle were rejected, leaving 4422 as the next gate. The rising higher-low sequence off 4235 remains intact while the 4324 swing low holds, with RSI(14) near 57 after cycling down to the mid-40s on Friday's pullback.
Support: 4,370.80, 4,342.73, 4,324.20
Resistance: 4,399.53, 4,422.00
What it said to watch
An H1 close above the 4399.53 week high opens the path to the 4422 next gate
Failure to hold Friday's low at 4342.73 breaks the higher-low sequence and exposes the 4324 swing low
Loss of EMA(20) near 4370.80 on a closing basis would flatten the intraweek uptrend read
S&P Global US flash PMIs Wed 13:45 UTC are the week's main data risk to this structure
Higher lows since the post-Fed low, capped under 4400.
Gold has built a staircase of higher lows since the hawkish FOMC flush to 4235 mid-week, reclaiming the 4320 prior shelf and closing Friday's NY session at 4378. The 4399.53 week high has now capped two pushes — the first into the London-NY transition Thursday, the second in Friday's NY hours — with softer US industrial production keeping the Dollar from pressing the metal back down. Pullbacks are still being absorbed around the EMA(20) near 4374, and RSI(14) at 55.7 sits mid-range despite price sitting a few dollars off the weekly extreme.
Support: 4,374.00, 4,342.73, 4,320.00
Resistance: 4,399.53, 4,422.00
What it said to watch
H1 close above the 4399.53 week high opens the path to the 4422 next gate
Loss of the 4342.73 friday low breaks the higher-lows sequence and puts the 4320 prior shelf back in play
Sustained trade below the EMA(20) near 4374 would flatten the this-week uptrend read
S&P Global US PMIs Wed 13:45 UTC are the week's main data risk and could reset this structure